Nuclear Nebraska : the remarkable story of the little county that couldn't be bought / Susan Cragin. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cragin, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental protection--Nebraska--Boyd County--Citizen participation.

Environmental protection.

Nuclear industry--Waste disposal--Nebraska--Boyd County.

Nuclear industry.

Radioactive waste disposal--Government policy--United States.

Radioactive waste disposal.

Community organization--Nebraska--Boyd County.

Community organization.

Boyd County (Neb.).

Environmental protection--Citizen participation--Boyd County--Nebraska.

Nuclear industry--Waste disposal--Boyd County--Nebraska.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 271 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill., map ;

Place of Publication:

New York : AMACOM/American Management Association, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book tells the remarkable but virtually unknown story of how the quiet, conservative residents of a small, poor Nebraska community refused to be seduced by the oratory of the people than run this country, or by the offer of 3 million a year for 40 years (despite the fact that the economy of the community was extremely depressed) - and tenaciously fought the powers-that-be (i.e., the state government, the federal government, and Bechtel) against locating a "low-level" nuclear waste dump site in its "backyard." Boyd County's right-wing farmers rose up in revolt, and eventual victory. It took them a decade of bitter struggle, but it transformed a small group of farmers from isolationist rebels to ardent environmentalists, altered the scope of the U.S.'s nuclear waste policy, and moved a "fly-over" state to change from Republican to Democrat.; Well researched (as the author has worked from hundreds of source documents and 10,000 pages of transcribed interviews), this engaging, witty book will undoubtedly get publicity and will catch the imagination of a large cross-section of Americans today who are, once again, inclined to trust neither our government nor the powerful multinational corporations that, once again, may not have our people's best interests at heart.

Contents:

It can happen here

A question of survival

The seeds of opposition

Save Boyd County

Sign, everywhere a sign

Community consent

M'orr-a-torium : the battle heats up

After the victory: a time for change

A change of friends

Blood, sand, and water

To license or not to license : the long process

The final battles

The last battle.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-12872-4

9786611128722

0-8144-0057-4

OCLC:

1024255402